Book contents
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Advance Praise for Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Neuroscience, Mechanisms, and RDoC
- Section 1
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Rethinking Psychiatric Disorders in Terms of Heterarchical Networks of Control Mechanisms
- 3 A Typology of Levels of Mechanisms Involved in the Etiology of Psychiatric Illness
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Part II Phenomenology, Biological Psychology, and the Mind–Body Problem
- Part III Taxonomy, Integration, and Multiple Levels of Explanation
- Index
- References
3 - A Typology of Levels of Mechanisms Involved in the Etiology of Psychiatric Illness
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 April 2020
Book contents
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Advance Praise for Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Neuroscience, Mechanisms, and RDoC
- Section 1
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Rethinking Psychiatric Disorders in Terms of Heterarchical Networks of Control Mechanisms
- 3 A Typology of Levels of Mechanisms Involved in the Etiology of Psychiatric Illness
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Part II Phenomenology, Biological Psychology, and the Mind–Body Problem
- Part III Taxonomy, Integration, and Multiple Levels of Explanation
- Index
- References
Summary
This brief essay reviews the chapter by William Bechtel which explores the optimal conceptual framework with which to understand the etiology of psychiatric disorders. Bechtel’s tentative answer to that question -- altered functioning of a network of control mechanisms – is then taken on a road test and applied to three current etiologic theories for psychiatric illness – two for schizophrenia and one for panic disorder. While they do not all fit perfectly within Bechtel’s framework, its application provides useful insights into the nature of the explanations current extant in the field.
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- Levels of Analysis in PsychopathologyCross-Disciplinary Perspectives, pp. 47 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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